This page provides additional information for the current year’s competitions. For previous years’ results, see the Competition Archive tab.
CONTENTS
QCG competitions
Monthly Aggregate (Point scoring) competitions
Portfolio Night
Year End Photographic Awards
Strategies and resources
Strategies for Photography competitions
Photography resources (compiled by Nick Lefebvre)
QCG Competitions
Monthly Aggregate (Point scoring) competitions
The Queensland Camera Group Handbook provides an overview of the club’s activities, including competitions.
The official 2024 Rules and subject guidelines for the monthly competitions are also available on the entry upload page for each competition via the orange ‘Click here to view Competition rules and definitions’ , and the Resources section of the main QCG website.
The resources below are designed to help understand set subjects in a wider context and to offer some suggestions for getting started. They do not replace the official subject guidelines for club competitions.
Scapes
What is landscape photography? (Nasim Mansurov, Photography Life)
What is landscape photography? (Adam Welch, Iceland Photo Tours)
5 Simple tips to improve your seascape photography (Nigel Danson, YouTube)
The dPS ultimate guide to landscape photography (Anne McKinnell, Digital Photography School)
10 types of landscape photography (Vinci Palad, Pixels and Wanderlust)
Animals
The ultimate guide to pet photography (Expert Photography)
Learn new pet photography tips (Adobe)
How to photograph animals (SLR Photography guide)
Five quick tips for better wildlife shots (Michael Snedic, Australian Photography
People
Top 14 people photography mistakes to avoid (Digital Photo Mentor)
7 easy tips for amazing people photography (Lynsey Mattingley, Digital Photography School)
Street photographers’ rights (Arts Law Centre of Australia)
Architecture
Architecture photography, inside and out (Adobe)
Architecture photography: tips, techniques and equipment (Furoore)
How to create an architecture fine art photograph (Julia Anna Gospodarou)
Abandoned and forgotten
Hidden gems: exploring abandoned places through photography (Vanessa DeRousseau, B&C Camera)
Abandoned and forgotten (David Bentley Galleries)
Things left behind (Ripe Arts)
Macro
Macrophotography … or my love affair with bugs (Paul Harrop, QCG Presentation Feb 2024
Portfolio Night 2024
Entries due Oct 24; Portfolio Night is on Nov 14.
Audio Visual Competition rules
Three Related Images rules
Year End Photographic Awards
Entries open on Oct 1, close on Nov 14.
QCG Year End Photographic Awards 2024 – Categories and rules
Interclub competitions
Salon of Excellence (SEQ) 2024 (Members upload their own images)
APS Australian Cup 2024 (Club enters)
River City Print Competition 2024 (Club enters)
Queensland Interclub Photographic Competition 2024 (Club enters)
Strategies and resources
Strategies for photography competitions
Photography Judges’ Manual 2020 (Photographic Society of Queensland)
Selecting and preparing images for competition (Kerrie Purcell 2012)
How to win a photography competition (Darren Rowse, Digital Photography School)
What I learned about joining photography competitions (Marvin Grey, Fstoppers)
